Air Force flyers were grounded for a total of 1,182 days with the primary diagnosis of aerosinusitis. Thus the essential environmental requirement for the development of sinus barotrauma is frequently present, and cases of aerosinusitis are common. 1 However, in certain military aircraft, particularly high-performance jet fighters, various maneuversĬreate marked and rapid changes in barometric pressure despite cabin pressurization. Severe aerosinusitis rarely occurs during flight in civilian aircraft, because the fluctuation of barometric pressure is usually well controlled by cabin pressurization and gradual ascent and descent. Everyone has 4 different types of sinuses: maxillary (cheekbones), frontal. This lesion filled the sinus, occluded the nasofrontal duct, and required surgical intervention. Barotrauma Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Cholesteatoma Chronic and Recurrent Ear.
However, in the case to be presented here, barotrauma produced a frontal sinus hematoma which subsequently enlarged to form a hemorrhagic cyst. Ordinarily this disease responds quickly to conservative treatment as outlined in standard otolaryngologic texts. Aerosinusitis continues to occur with significant frequency.
